Are you feeling abandoned? This deeply personal episode offers a message of hope and resilience for anyone feeling abandoned, depressed, or at their lowest point.

When everything falls apart - grief, trauma, poverty, fear - it can feel like God has left the room and He took everyone else with Him. In this episode, I share part of my own story of losing my earthly father, walking through a long season of darkness, and discovering that God’s jealous love had been holding me the whole time.

We talk about what it really means when God calls Himself “a jealous God”, how He sits with us in the trauma instead of abandoning us, and why nothing we face can separate us from His love.

You’ll also hear a brief reflection on the prodigal son and Romans 8:31–39 as anchors for those who feel far from God or at the end of themselves.

This is a testimony in progress - expressing gratitude for what God has already done, and an honest confession that the journey is ongoing, but that His love is constant and trustworthy.

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Timestamps:

🔹 In this episode:00:00 – Introduction to the episode's deeply personal theme.

03:21 – Understanding God as a jealous God in modern context.

04:25 – My Father’s pure love and its origins.

08:45 – The real story of love: a father's resilience.

09:51 – God meets you in your trauma and darkest moments.

12:17 – God as the ultimate source of all love. Humans are simply channels.

13:49 – God as the ultimate Father figure.

15:00 – Like the Prodigal Son: Coming Home to the Father’s Heart

17:15 – My personal journey of losing connection with God.

20:47 – The importance of returning to "home" or God.

22:43 – Romans 8 solidified my identity in God: Nothing separates us from God's love.

24:12 – Understanding why it seems like God is absent in your pain

27:13 – My testimony in Progress + Gratitude and Ongoing Trust

34:55 – A prayer for healing, restoration, for those at the end of themselves

39:02 – Reflection on God's immense and constant love.